The Embedded Systems MarketFrom our Executive Editor, cries and passionate statements of this industry of ours. Want some examples of his wisdom? Look here:

- You will lose time-to-market if you try to roll your own in a competitive field, especially Communications.
- It takes three years for a vendor to recover against the perception of having misrepresented their benchmarks.

The Embedded Systems MarketOnce again, loyal readers, it's time for me to sally on, sally forth, and walk the narrow corridors of the Embedded Systems Conference. So come, read more, see, feel, and taste the experience that is the Embedded Systems Conference of Boston.

The Embedded Systems MarketAndy Grove's book on high technology trends focuses on "Strategic Inflection Points" (SIP), when the rules of your business radically change. Excerpts detail examples of SIPs and how to be ready for these crucial moments in your business. Highly Reccomended by Microcontroller.com.

The Embedded Systems MarketMicrocontrollers and digital signal processors (DSPs) are the main engines of the deeply embedded development world. Microcontrollers are primarily used in control-oriented applications that are interrupt-driven, sensing and controlling external events. DSPs, meanwhile, are traditionally found in systems that require the precision processing of analog signals. As today's systems gain in complexity, microcontrollers are being given some signal processing capabilities while more DSPs are capable of executing real-time event-driven functions, both while still performing their respective primary tasks. At issue here is - where do these worlds intersect, and when if ever will microcontroller engineers start using DSPs for real-time tasks?

The Embedded Systems MarketMicrocontroller.com's Rules of Technology Acceptance:
1. Ease-of-Use always beats out leading edge technology
2. Superior Technology Never Guarantees Market Acceptance
3. They won't use it if they can't program it.
4. The leader at the start of the race rarely finishes first
5. The more people predict change, the more things stay the same.
6. Simplicity and Ease-of-Use always wins market acceptance.

The Embedded Systems MarketYou've got your trusted mobile phone in your pocket. At any moment, you suddenly take it out, place it comfortably in your hand, and begin to furiously browse the Internet, play a game, read email - or even (gasp!) make a phone call! What's next for these neat handheld devices?